Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak has confirmed the second body found neat the site of debris from the crashed helicopter is that of Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry secretary-general Sundaran Annamalai, according to media reports.
"This was based on fingerprint analysis by the police as well as from personnel effects found with the body," Najib was reported telling the media at the Kuching Hospital.
He also explained the third body recovered is still undergoing post mortem and has yet to be identified.
Najib and his deputy Ahmad Zahid Hamidi were present at the hospital's morgue earlier when the bodies were brought in for examination, after they were recovered by search and rescue teams.
Meanwhile talking to reporters in Sri Aman, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Shahidan Kassim said the third body recovered from the crashed helicopter was found fully clothed, complete with identification documents.
The body was found floating in the Batang Lupar River just after noon today, not far from where the body of the Plantation Industries and Commodities Deputy Minister Noriah Kasnon was found earlier.
"Let the police disclose the identity of the body," he said at a press conference.
The helicopter bound for Kuching carrying Noriah, Sundaran and four others including the pilot went off the radar minutes after leaving Betong on Thursday, and was declared missing.
Search and rescue operations which commenced yesterday found debris from the aircraft wreckage, and to date three bodies have been recovered.
Two other passengers are still missing.
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